THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Our story starts with Jason and the Argonauts. We follow
them as they move across the first Eurasian Trail looking
for gold. Of course, they call it Golden Fleece. Those
daring merchants and discoverers have inherited to us the
most intriguing love story ever: Jason and Medea and the
first world adventure: the Argonautica, with more than 80
mythical heroes on board.
My name is Jason, meaning the healer.
I am the son of the king of Iolkos whose brother Pelias has
forcibly dethroned. My father sent me to the wise centaur,
Cheiron, on mount Pelion to hide and study. I returned to
Iolkos when I was 20 years old. I lost one sandal crossing a
river. Pelias was told by an oracle that a one-sandal man
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